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Originally Posted by STEED
Just watched The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey oh dear what went wrong?
Why was The Hobbit a single book made into three films? Clearly Peter Jackson milked this one on the back of TLOTR three books which were made into three films and so he did again with a single book! Way too long and drawn out in parts and I was left with a bitter taste in my mouth. I find it hard to bother with parts two and three when they arrive on TV as I just don't give a toss to care.
What a massive let down this was.  |
Not a Hobbit fan myself, but the above illustrates just what a "no-win" situation adapting a book, particularly a very popular book, to film really is; if Jackson had made a single film and lopped off or compressed parts of the book to keep a single film adaptation manageable, there would be other Ring fans complaining and saying it should have been made into a multi-part adaptation. I really do feel sorry for the director or screenwriter faced with any popular book adaptation: ya just can't win for losing...
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